interlíngua
Portuguese, noun/ˌĩ.teɾˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/
interlíngua is spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-Í-N-G-U-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese, the 248,872nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interlíngua is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “interlanguage (idiolect developed by a second-language learner that preserves some features of the first language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “língua artificial criada com base no latim clássico, desenvolvido por Giuseppe Peano”.
What does interlíngua mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinterlanguage (idiolect developed by a second-language learner that preserves some features of the first language)
- 2
feminineInterlingua
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. língua artificial criada com base no latim clássico, desenvolvido por Giuseppe Peano. 2. língua artificial baseada nas línguas românicas, inglês, alemão, russo e latim desenvolvido pela International Auxiliary Language Association e publicado em 1951, cujo código ISO-639-1 é ia.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of interlíngua
- interlínguas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interlíngua?
- Brazil /ˌĩ.teɾˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/
- Portugal /ˌĩ.tɛɾˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is interlíngua in Portuguese?
interlíngua appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).